Post for veranda-railings



(No Model.)

PatentedAug. 14, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT Glance.

JOHN GEO. SOHAHEER, OF CLAY CITY, INDIANA.

POST FOR VERANDA-RAILINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,660, dated August 14, 1888.

' Application filed March 81, 1888. Serial N0.269,068. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GEORGE ScHIiHFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clay City, in the county of Clay and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Posts for Veranda-Railings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in posts for veranda-railings, &c.; and it has for its object to provide a base for the posts which will enable the latter to be readily attached to the floor. Y I

With this obect in view the invention consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully set forth hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a View of a portion of a railing the posts of which are mounted on my improved base. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the base.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A des ignates a plate which is provided at its center with the tapped socket B, and in apertures near the edges of the plate are arranged screws or bolts 0 O, which are engaged in the floor. A similar plate, D, is provided at its center with a tapped socket, E, and is attached by the screws or bolts 0 to the lower end of the post. The said sockets E and B are aligned and are provided, respectively, with right and left hand screws.

F represents the stem or body of the base, and it is provided on its upper and lower ends, respectively, with the pins G and H, which are provided, respectively, with right and left hand male screws to engage the female screws in the sockets E and B. The stem or body is provided with the transverse aperture I, in which is adapted to be engaged a pin or tool to enable the stem or body to be turned to screw the pins G H into the sockets.

The manner of applying the base will now be readily seen. The upper plate, D, is secured to the lower end of the post. The lower plate is secured to the floor directly under the upper plate. The lower pin, H, (which is somewhat longer than the upper pin,) is inserted in the socket in the lower plate, and then the upper pin is inserted in the socket in the upper plate and the stem or body is turned until the plates are drawn tightly against the ends of the stem or body.

The advantage of this base is that it enables the railing to be readily detached, and, further, it enables the parts to be tightened when they become loosened by the action of the weather to prevent rattling and shaking.

Having described my invention, I elai1n- In combination with a post, the base comprising the upper and lower plates affixed, respectively, to the bottom of the post and the floor, and provided with registering sockets having right and left internal screws, and the threaded stem or body mounted at its ends in the said sockets, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GEO. SGHAHFER.

Witnesses:

MARTIN JENSEN, W. E. HoLsT. 

